You've gone a pretty long way for that pun. Also: Op you deserved this.

Don't worry babe, I have serious control issues, but if you just come back I promise I'll be good! LOOK AT ME, I'M TALKING!!! I hope to god he's not dumb enough to go back to a control freak. And, considering he broke up with her because of her behavior, yeah...he's not coming back cause she says sorry

The thing is that nowhere in this FML it says that she tried to talk to him. All it says is that she wanted to talk so she turned off his console. That's terribly rude and disrespectful and the breakup has nothing to do with gaming itself. Might as well have been her taking his phone and hanging up while he's talking, turning off the tv while he's watching his show or anything else. And even if she tried to talk to him, she can't expect him to drop everything then and there because she suddenly wants to talk. At least let him finish up and get his mind set on having a conversation.

There is a character limit. How can one state the full story. Nowhere in the fml did it not say that she didn't try to get his attention beforehand. We weren't there. We don't know how many times she did try or didn't try. But what I do know is that most gamers will ignore you when they are gaming. I have witnessed it, I have done it. I know what that's like. I know the pain of both sides.

If you know both sides, then you should know that when deeply focused on a game, everything else sometimes gets tuned out. If she did try talking first, he may not have heard her. She should have waited. As a gamer, I do agree he may have overreacted to the situation a bit, but she was definately in the wrong regardless of whether she had been trying for a while or not. The only way she isn't, is if she wanted to talk and then he started playing. And I'm pretty sure by the way she wrote it, thats not the case.

it still comes down to boundaries and respect. even if he was actively ignoring her she can wait. unless he promised her the time it isn't hers to take. there is no justification for her actions. attempting to force a person to do what you want is far more morally objectionable than ignoring a person.

It doesn't matter if there's a character limit or not. We don't know anything beyond what is written in the FML. You can't just add in details based on your own experiences (I assume, or you wouldn't be reacting so harshly to this) and talk as if they're fact about a situation you know nothing about beyond a small paragraph.

Not to mention that there are rather superfluous details in the FML (the boyfriend's quote) that would most likely be replaced by more clarifying details, if such details existed. But you said it yourself, "we weren't there". So all we know is those few sentences above.

That's the point I am trying to make. She was wrong for doing that. But it was not break up worthy.

I'm not trying to justify her actions. I know she is wrong for doing that. I am not saying she is right. What I am trying to say is that other people are saying that he was right for breaking up with her over it or that they would break up with her too over something like that. I believe we should respect each other's interests and personal boundaries, but I don't believe it's break up worthy unless they do it all the time or they don't even ask before doing it.

I don't know about anyone else or even OP, but if someone tried to get my attention by shutting off my game or television, that would at least be a red flag if not grounds for immediate breakup. If you're doing that, you have no respect for my hobbies or boundaries. If you interrupt my time so rudely, whether I'm gaming, reading or just sitting in the corner picking my toes, something better be on fire. My boyfriend once took my book out of my hands because he wanted to get romantic and I was ignoring him. He got to spend the next two weeks being romantic with himself because touching my books, especially when I'm reading, is unacceptable. You don't get to have your way by disrespecting someone else just because you're not the center of their attention whenever you want it at the drop of a hat.

If OP's now-ex boyfriend was looking for a woman who 1) respected his hobbies, 2) was mature and assertive rather than bitchy and rude, then yes, her actions would be break-up worthy. Just because your standards are lower doesn't mean his have to be as well. I've also been on 'both sides', and if I honestly felt that the only way my bf would talk to me is if I went over and shut off his console myself, I would LEAVE, because that is a lose-lose situation no matter how you look at it. You can't and shouldn't fix people who don't want to be fixed. In addition, your whole thing about 'a relationship is more important than a video game' is taking this at far too much of surface-level. The now-ex boyfriend's actions is better interpreted as 'being single is more important than being with a controlling, rude and disrespectful girlfriend who wants serious discussions to occur at the drop of a hat and at her convenience, and could not care less how much time and effort I've invested into my hobby that might go down the drain'. There are much better fish in the sea.

Come on 64, you can't use logic when it comes to gamers. Remember, it doesn't matter if op had tried to talk to her boyfriend before he started playing, it doesn't matter if she waited for hours before turning off the game, games are more important than anything. And yes I know I'm going to get a thousand downvotes, I'm going to get a bunch of angry gamers telling me how wrong I am, but that's really only going to prove my point. I mean if she just turned off the game out of the blue, then yeah, op is just a bitch, but in my experience very few people resort to turning the game off until it has reached a certain point.

So you wouldn't break up with someone who didn't respect your interests and demanded attention regardless of what you were doing?

why does this have so many downvotes?

I would be upset, but I wouldn't break up with them because of it. Unless, of course they didn't try asking me beforehand. It's only break up worthy if they just come in the room without asking anything and just turns it off. It's not breakup worthy if you keep asking them.

There's nothing in this FML to suggest that OP asked him beforehand.